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News Summary: Terror case can be filed in NY

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 20th

By The Associated Press TERROR CONNECTION: The state's highest court ruled that a Lebanese bank's use of a New York account for multimillion-dollar wire transfers establishes the basis for a lawsuit by Israeli victims of 2006 Hezbollah rocket attacks. HIDING HEZBOLLAH? The lawsuit

McAfee blogs about police seeking him in Belize

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 20th

By JOSE OSORIO and MARK STEVENSONAssociated Press SAN PEDRO, Belize (AP) - Software company founder John McAfee says he's hiding in plain sight, wearing a disguise as he watches police and reporters stake out his home - and blogging about it all. In the latest twist in the highly-publicized

Court: Bank account puts terror case in NY

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 20th

By MICHAEL VIRTANENAssociated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - The state's highest court ruled Tuesday that a Lebanese bank's use of a New York account for multimillion-dollar wire transfers establishes the basis for a lawsuit here by Israeli victims of 2006 Hezbollah rocket attacks. The

Ex-hedge fund trader charged in $276M insider ploy

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 20th

By LARRY NEUMEISTERAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) - A former hedge fund portfolio manager was arrested Tuesday in what prosecutors called perhaps the most lucrative insider trading scheme of all time - an arrangement to obtain secret, advance results of tests on an experimental Alzheimer's

Ex-hedge fund trader charged in $276M insider ploy

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 20th

Unwise spending exposes Europe's economic errors

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 20th

By BARRY HATTONAssociated Press CABO GIRAO, Madeira Islands (AP) - The president of these Portuguese islands turned out, as he almost always does, for a ribbon-cutting ceremony at his government's latest showpiece investment: a panoramic steel-and-glass viewing point perched on what

Unions flexed muscles in state campaigns

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 20th

By SAM HANANELAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - From California to Maine, unions used their political muscle in the recent elections to help install Democratic governors, build labor-friendly majorities in state legislatures and defeat ballot initiatives against them. The combination of union

Documentary: Inmate may be involved in OJ case

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 20th

By TAMARA LUSHAssociated Press TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - A documentary says a Florida death-row inmate might have been involved in the murder of O.J. Simpson's ex-wife and her friend, a claim being criticized by one victim's family and being looked at skeptically by a detective and a

US, Mexico sign rules on sharing Colorado River

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 20th

By ELLIOT SPAGATAssociated Press CORONADO, Calif. (AP) - The United States and Mexico on Tuesday signed a pact for new rules on sharing water from the Colorado River, capping a five-year effort on how to spread the pain of drought and reap the benefits of wet years. The far-reaching agreement

Pushing for change, some in Jordan point to king

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 20th

By JAMAL HALABYAssociated Press AMMAN, Jordan (AP) - It's usually a few younger protesters who break out in the chant - startling and almost unheard of in this country where the monarchy has always been almost sacrosanct - "Down, down with the king." The rest of the opposition, including